Sporting-shoe.



W. T. STALL.

SPORTING SHOE.

APPLICATHIN FILED HAR- 9| l lfi- RENEWED NOV- 29|19|6- Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

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WALTER T. STALL, 0F BRQCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR Tb WALTER T. STALL AND CHARLES H. DEAN, BOTH OF BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, COPABTNEBS DOING BUSINESS AS STALL & DEAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY.

SPORTING-SHOE.

Application filed March 9, 1918, Serial No. 83,051.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER T. STALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sporting-Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shoes to be worn by players of basket ball, tennis, etc., the shoe comprising an outer sole of elastic material and a body of leather or other suitable non-vulcanizable and practically inextensible material, said body including an upper, an inner sole, and fastenings uniting saidl parts.

The' object of the invention is to provide an improved connection between the rubber outer sole and the body of a shoe of this character, and consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompan ing drawings forming a part of this speci cation: Figure 1 represents a side view of a shoe embodying my invention; Fig. 2 represents a bottom view of the same; Fig. 3 represents a section on line 33 of Fig. 1.

The same reference characters indicate the same or similar parts in all the views.

In the drawings, 12 represents an outer sole of elastic rubber or a composition containing rubber, the sole being preferably relatively thick and compressible so that it will cling to a floor, or other surface on which the wearer stands. 13 represents a flangeof inelastic and substantially inextensible material, such as duck or canvas, suitably prepared to be attaohedby vulcanization-to the outer sole 12.

The flange 13 is preferably formed to cover the edge of the outer sole 12, as shown, and is vulcanized to the portion of the sole on which it bears, the flange projecting upwardly from the sole.

The body of the shoe ismade of non-vu1- canizable material such as leather, and includes an upper 15, an inner sole 16, and

fastenin s such as stitches uniting said arts. The body may also include a sole 'ning 17.

The upwardly projecting'fiange 13 surrounds the united portions of the upper and inner sole, overlaps the lower portion of Specification 01' Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 16, 1917.

Renewed November 29, 1916; Serial No. 134,208.

the upper, as shown, and is united thereto by su table fastenings, such as stitches 18, located above the inner sole.

It will be seen that my improvement, above described provides a strong and durable connection between a rubber outer sole and a leather shoe body, and that the outer sole and the inextensible flange may be united by vulcanization before application to the shoe body, and constitute a bottom having a recess at its upper side to receive the lower portion-of the body. It will also be seen that the recessed bottom is applicable to the body as a single piece or part, and is attachable thereto by the fastenings 18 after the completion of the body. The upper surface of the outer sole forms the bottom and the fiange13 the margin of the recess.

The bottom attached to the shoe body on! the stitches l8, uniting the flange to je upper, is composed of but two iece's, viz, the one-piece outer sole and the ange. Said bottom is removable as one part when said stitches are removed, so that when the' the strip edgewise.

The described shoe bottom constitutes a new article of manufacture. I Having described my invention, I claim: 1. A shoe having an inelastic non-vulcan- "iaablebody comprising an insole and an upper, and an elastic removable bottom composed of a one-piece rubben outer sole and a continuous upwardly projecting textile fabric flange bearing on and vulcanized-directly to said outer sole, surrounding the insole and the lower marginal portion of the upper, and secured tothe upper by exposed stitches, said bottom being attached without vulcanizing' heat, and separable as one part from the bodywhen said stitches are removed. p

2. As anarticle of manufacture, a shoe bottom composed of a one-piece rubber outer sole and a continuous upstanding textile fabric flange bearing on and vulcanized directly to said outer sole, and adapted to hold attaching stitches engaged wlth the marginal portion of a shoe upper, so that the rubber outer sole may be renewably secured to a shoe body.

3. As an article of manufacture, a shoe bottom composed of a one-piece rubber outer sole and a continuous strip of textile fabric wider than the thickness of the sole, covering and vulcanized to the ed of the sole and pro'ectin v flange a apte to be stitched to the marginal portion of a shoe upper, the joint formed by the vulcanization of the strip to the edge of the sole being subtantially in alinement with the projecting portion of 20 the strip.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

' WALTER T. STALL.

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